ArticleJournal of arrhythmia2018
Effect of epicardial fat and metabolic syndrome on reverse atrial remodeling after ablation for atrial fibrillation.
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- Reverse Cardiac and Epicardial Adipose Tissue Remodeling Following Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in HFpEF.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Obesity: Reassessing Risk, Safety, and Success.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- The Role of Epicardial Adipose Tissue in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2026Article
- Temporal Changes in Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Left Atrial Substrate After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Implications for Procedural Success.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Impact of epicardial fat on coronary vascular function, cardiac morphology, and cardiac function in women with suspected INOCA.European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging · 2024Article
- Chronic Effect of HotBalloon-Based Wide Planar Ablation on Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.Circulation reports · 2023Article
- Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence following Catheter Ablation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Effect of epicardial fat and metabolic syndrome on reverse atrial remodeling after ablation for atrial fibrillation.Journal of arrhythmia · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundMetabolic syndrome/epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) plays an important role in atrial fibrillation (AF). Although reverse atrial remodeling (RAR) often occurs after AF ablation, the effects of EAT on RAR remain unknown.
methodsStudy subjects were 104 patients in whom transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was performed before AF ablation and 3, 6, and 12 months afterward. EAT was assessed in terms of its thickness adjacent to the right ventricular anterior wall in the TTE parasternal view. RAR was defined as >10% reduction in the left atrial volume (LAV) index by the 3-month follow-up examination.
resultsPostablation RAR occurred in 57/104 (55%) patients. RAR absence was associated with a relatively thick EAT (4.92 ± 1.65 vs. 3.92 ± 1.17 mm,
conclusionsEAT and metabolic syndrome appear to be strongly associated with RAR absence, but only the thick EAT was significantly associated with the postablation AF recurrence. Our findings, especially the thinning of EAT, suggest that thick EAT lead to AF vulnerability but that EAT reduction favorably affects ablation outcome.
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